Sofa-bed



(No Model.) J. K. STOCKTON.

I SOFA BED.

No. Z51,742.- Patented-Jan. 3,1.88Z.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GF ICEQ JAMES K. STOCKTON, or BeooK YwnEW' YORK.

SOFA-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,742, dated January 3 1882.

Application filed June 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern: l

Be it known that I, JAMES K. STOCKTON, of

t Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sofa-Beds, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved construction of bed-lounge or sofa-bed in which the hard and unyielding ridge which is at presout formed at the meeting edges of the hinged seatsections is done away with, the construction simplified, and the operation of changing the parts from a sofa or lounge into abed, and vice versa, accomplished with great ease and facility.

Theinvention consists of a supporting trai'ne the back of which is recessed between the posts below the edge of the upholstered section, soas to provide a space for the storing away of the rear section of the seat, whichsection is pivoted by bracket-arms to the frame. The springs'of the rear'section are connected bylinks to the springs of the main or front section ofthe seat.

. tained in raised position by a rail or seat of the rear section of the seat and in lowered position by a transverse stop or rail of the sofa-frame.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view, with parts broken away, of my improved sofa-bed shown as drawn out for use as a bed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my improved sofa-bed folded up. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical longitudinal sections through the head piece and seat, showing the former respectively when folded and drawn out. Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical transverse sections of the sofa-bed in folded and open positions; and Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the sofa-bed, with a part broken away to show the construction of the rear head piece.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A in the drawings represents the supporting frame of 111 Tim rovedsofa-bcd or bed-lonn e and B the back of the. same, which is recessed or open between the'hind feet of the frame, below the upholstered upper portion, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to provide room for the storing away of therear section, 0, of'the seat. The frame of the front section, 0, of the seatis provided at the under side with rails a, which are guided in recesses of the front piece of the sofa-frameA. The frameof the seat-srction U is made in one piece with the head-piece D, and provided with legs and moldings which are in line with the front legs ofthe sofa-frame "A, so as to cover the latter when the seat section is moved back for forming a soi'a or lounge. The main section G of the seat, as well as the rear section, 0, is cushioned by springs and an upholstered covering, which latter extends continuously from the main srctionO over the rear section, 0. The adjoining rows of springs ofsections 0 0' are coupled or brackets, d, to pivots d of the end pieces of the main frame A,so that bypushing the main section 0 inwardly toward the back B the rear section, 0, is thrown around the pivots into vertical position, while by drawing out the main section 0 the rear section is carried up by the link-connection of the section until its end brackets-are stopped by stop-pins e, or equivalent devices, as shown in Fig.6. In this latter position the connecting-links of the springs of the seat-sectionsG O are stretched, and thus a horizontal connection of the seatsections obtained without the objectionable ridge formed in the sofa-bedsheretofore in use at the meeting edges of the scat-sections. As the forwardand backward motion of the main section on the main frameAgoveI-ns the swinging motion of the rear section, 0, it will be readily perceived that the operation of adj usting the sofa to abed, and vice versa, is extremely simple, and can be performed by every one with great facility without requiring any extra exertion or special knowledge.

As the head-piece D of the sofa' is made in one piece with the main section of the seat and moved forward and backward with the same, a second head-piece, D, has to be arranged to be used in connection with the rear section, 0, when the main section 0 is drawn out. The second head-piece, D, is pivoted at its upper end to the main frame A, and made of two parts-an upper smaller one, f. and a lower longer one, f-which are hinged together, and are covered by a continuous upbolstering. The lowerpartf, is provided at the lower edge with a loop,f for handling the same in raising or loweringthe parts. When the main seat-section O and head-piece D are drawn out the-loop is taken hold of and the lower part,f, ofthelowerhead-piece,D, raised from its lowermost position, as shown in 3, into the raised position shown in Fig. 4, in which position the lower recessed .part of the same engages a rail or seat, f at the end of the rear section, 0, of the seat. Thehinged partsffof the head-piece D assume thereby an angular position to cachet-her,- as shown in Fig. 4, while they are inline with each other when lowered, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the lower section is retained-by a suitable transverse stop-rail,f After themainsec tion (J has been drawn out, the rear headpiece,

D, is raised in the manner described until it is in line with the main head-piece D and fills entirely the space between it and theback B. of the sofa,forming thus the'head-piecefor-the rear sect on of the seat. When the-seat-sec tion 0 is returned into posit-ion so as to form a sofa the main head-piece D covers the rear head-piece, D, which has-been lowered below the same, so as to be entirely out ot'sight. In this manner an easily-operated, convenient, and inexpensive sofa or lounge bed fordomestic purposes isobtained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire tosecure by LettersPatent- 1. The combination, in a sofa orlounge bed,

of a main frame, A, having a back, B, which is y open or recessed below the upper upholstered section, with a movable main section, 0, having a rear section, 0, jointed to the main section and adapted to be thrown into the open back of the main frame or raised to a level with the drawn-out main section of the scat, substantially as set forth. 7

2. The combination, with the main frame A, of the sliding and guided seat-section 0, made in one piece with its head-piece D, and provided with a swinging rear section, O,jointed thereto, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the main frameAand back-B, having an open lower part,with asliding seat-section,'0, having a head-piece, D, made in one piece therewith, hinged rear section, G, jointed to the main section and pivoted to the main frame A, and with an adjustable rear headpiece, D, which is adapted to be raised or lowered. as required, substantially asset forth. i

4. The combination, in a sofa or lounge bed, of the main frame A and back B, having a lower open; part, withja'sliding main seat, 0, pivoted and jointed rear section, 0, connected by bracket-arms to pivots of the main frame and adapted to be stopped by pins of thesame,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.-

5. The combination, in'a sofa orlounge bed,

with the main frame A, of a rear piece, D, .1 composed of two parts,ff, which are hinged together, the upper part being pivoted tothe main frame and the loweradapted tobe retained onarail orseat, f", of therearseat-section, or a rail,f of-the frame A, substantially as described.

1 In testimony that I claim theforegoing, as my invention I have signed my name, i'n'presence of two witnesses, this 12th day of April, 1881.

J. K. STOCKTON.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, CARL KARP. 

